To be perfectly honest, I don't think you ever "got" TM at all.
--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I stopped following any sort of TM instruction about ten years ago when I > decided that the technique was for me. Not I for it. Now I do usually an hour of TM once a day with the advanced techniques and maybe a sidhi or two. I can't do more than that because my mind grows just machine like and leaden if I do them all. Then no mandala readings, I go directly into chanting and my Vajrayana practices. Later in the day if I feel like meditating more I do an open eye technique to balance awareness into the environment so I'm not just a closed eye cave practitioner. > > This is the main thing for me - I do TM only because I have done it so long > and it has become very easy. But that wasn't the case the first couple years. It took me a long time to work through the internal conflict which prevented an effortless thought of any sort. I can and do be transcendent naturally and it takes little effort for me to get flow on any mantra now. Sometimes TM prevents me from being able to function altogether and I have to give it up, sometimes for years at a time. I do TM for me. Not for Maharishi, not for the world, not for the Movement. I'll do with it what I will. > > That said, back when I loved TM I used to get checked like three times a week > just to get an extra meditation. Now, I check TM to see if it matches my needs. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Stanley > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:01 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money) > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dare I ask if you have been checked? I have found it > > impossible to "force" TM. > > No, I haven't been checked. By "force", I mean to sit there with eyes > closed, attempting TM, instead of getting up and doing something else. > > > If I feel antsy, I follow the instructions for that. > > I can't recall any instructions along those lines. > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
